Gas-cleaning mechanism.



Patented Dec. 30, 1913 2 BHEETSr-SHBBT l.

N. F. EGLER.

GAS CLEANING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1908. RENEWED APR. 29, 1910.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

'2 BHBETSSHEET 2.

NICHOLAS F. EGLER, SOUTH CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, assrenos. TO THE BLAIB ENGI- NEERING COMLPANY, OF CHICAGO,-ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ens-onnanms MECHANISM.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS F. EGLER, a resident of South Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented of the agitatingmeans by a water motor,

with provision for utilizing the spent water from the motor for washingthe gas.

Still a further feature is the provision of means for relieving theagitator shaft of friction in its bottom bearing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofgas cleaning apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.Fig. 2 is a View partly in section of the settling or preliminarycleaning chamber. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan of the water motor. Fig. 4is a sectional detail of a portion of one of the water pockets, and Fig.5 is a similar view of part of one of the agitators. Fig. 6 is asectional view of a portion of one of the agitators taken on line 66 ofF ig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a water chanibcrfornied in base3 of any suitable construction, and covering a portion of the chamber isthe base member 4 of the settling chamber. In the present adaptation,the settling chamber consists of the series of vertical pipes 5 havingtheir lower ends secured in openings in base 4. A gas.

inlet. 6 communicates with the upper end of o e of the pi pes, and suchof the pipes are connected at their upper ends by return bends as isnecessary to form a continuous gas passage through the pipes,communication between the lower ends of the pipes being had above thesurface of the water, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.. The downwardprojection 7 on base 4 prevents the gas from moving over the-surface ofthe water without passing upward and downward through the pipes, so thatit can reach o i t-let; S lead- Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed August 22, 1908, Serial N 0. 449,833. Renewed AprilPatented Dec. 30, 1913. 29, 1910. Serial No. 558,335.

ing to the washer only after the settling chamber has been fullytraversed. A water nozzle 9 is projected'downwardly into the upper endof each of pipes 5 through which water is discharged downwardly throughthe downwardly flowing gas, the water discharging in chamber 2. By thismeans the temperature of the gas received at the inlet 6 from the gasproducer is greatly reduced,

and at the same time the impurities other than' tar-are precipitatedinto chamber 2. The latter is open at the top at 2 so that the chamberand tubes 5 may be readily cleaned.

The Washer proper consists of a shell-like cylindrical chamber 10, withthe lower end of which pipe 8-communicates from the preliminary cleaningmechanism, and at the upper end is outlet 11 for the washed gas. Withinchamber 10 is a vertical series of water pockets 12, the pockets spacedapart and each closing the chamber save for a central opening or passage13. The pockets are dished downwardly or inclined from their outer edgesto openings 13. The under side of each pocket is perforated at 12' tospray the water into the space beneath, through which the gascirculates. Extending through openings 13 is vertical shaft 14,journaled at its lower end in thrust bearing 15, with a'pipe 16communicating with the bottom of the bearing through which water isadmitted under such pressure as to relieve the friction of the shaft onits bearing and thereby cause the shaft to turn more easily.

Secured to the shaft between adjacent pockets are the disk-likeagitators 17 which are dished complementary with the pockets and each ofwhich has vertical flanges or ribs 18 on its upper face. The agitatorsextend outwardly nearly to the wall of chamber 10 so that the gas canescape upwardly through the chamber only by passing out around them andthen inwardly and downwardly to openings 13. 'With the agitator disksrotatin the as escain" throu h the and into the water heal at the bottomof chamber 10, from which they are discharged tation of this shaft by awater wheel 21 of ordinary construction secured to its upper end withinthe supplemental chamber 10 at the top of chamber 10. Projecting throughthe wall of chamber 10' are the several water admitting nozzles 22, thevalves of which may be so adjusted as to rotate the 7 wheel at anydesired speed, the water being less force, as may be required. The spentwater from chamber 10 discharges intodischarged against buckets 21 withmore or manifold 23 having valved connection wigth each of pockets 12,whereby the water used for propelling the washer is utilized for washingthe gas, the same being supplied in greater or less quantity to theseveral pockets, as desired.

I claim a 1. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet andan outlet, a vertical succession of water pockets within the chamber andspaced apart, the pockets being arranged to permit water and gas to flowvertically through the chamber and also constructed to discharge waterinto the latter, means for supplying water tothe pockets, and movabledeflectors operative between the pockets.

2. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and anoutlet, a vertical succession of water pockets within the chamher and asimilar succession of deflectors within the chamber and alternating withthe pockets, means for supplying water to the pockets with the latterconstructed to discharge the same within the chamber, and deflectoroperating means.

3. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and anoutlet, a vertical succession of downwardly dished water pockets securedwithin the chamber and open for water to discharge into the latter, theockets formed with central passages, a sha t extending therethrough,downwardly dished deflectors secured to the shaft in the spaces betweenthe pockets, and means for supplying'water to the pockets.

4:. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and anoutlet, a vertical successionof perforated water pockets within thechamber andspaced apart and arranged to permit water andgas to flow fromone space to the other between the pockets, deflectors withinthcchamber, a water motor space separate from the chamb r, a valvedconnection between said space and each of the water pockets, and a motorin said space operatively connected to the deflectors;

5. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet at its lowerend and an outlet at its upper end, water pockets spaced apart withinthe chamber one above the other and perforated to discharge watertherefrom, and deflecting devices operative the spaces between adjacentpockets.

6. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet at its lowerend and a gas outlet at its upper end, a plurality of perforated waterpockets secured within the chamber with a central passage extendingthrough all pockets, a shaft rotatable in said passage, and deflectorson the shaft between the pockets.

7, In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet at its lowerend and a gas outlet at its upper end, a plurality of perforated waterpockets secured within the chamber one above the other and closing thelatter excepting for a central passage through each pocket, a shaftrotatable in said passages, and disk-like deflectors secured to theshaft between the pockets.

8. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet at its lowerend and an outlet at its upper end, a series of water pockets perforatedon their under faces and secured within the chamber one above the towardsaid passages, and downwardly dished deflectors secured to the shaftbetween the pockets.

9. in gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and anoutlet, a series of perforated water pockets secured within the chamberand spaced one above the other and closing the space between adjacentpockets save for a central passage through each pocket, a shaftrotatable in the central passage,ldeflectors secured to the shaft andoperative between the pockets, a Water motor for rotating'the shaft, andmeans for conducting the spent water to the several pockets.

10. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet andan'outlet, a vertical shaft rotatable'within the chamber, deflectorssecured to the shaft, and means for exerting water pressure on the shaftfor relieving the friction of the latter in its bear- H1 %1. In gascleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and an outlet, thechamber having a motor space at its upper end separated from the gasspace, agitating means rotatable within the chamber, a water motorwithin said water space and connected to the agitating means, and meansfor conducting thespent water from the water chamber in the gasspace.

12. In gas cleaning apparatus, a chamber having a gas inlet and anoutlet, a vertical.

7 having a gas inlet and an outlet, asucc'ession of hollow open-bottompartitions in the chamber between the inlet and outlet with thepartitions open for the passage of gas a gas andmeans for supplyingwater to the chamber and a gas outlet .at its upper end,centrallydeflector adjacent eachpartition and in t e path of the gaspassing therethrough, means for moving the deflectors for agitating theo1 ow artitions which discharge the same on the deflectors. 14. In gascleaning ap' aratus, an upright aving a gas in et at its lower end openpartitions spaced apart one above the other within the chamber, avertical operating shaft extending through the. partitions, downwardlydished deflectors secured to the shaft and rotatable beneath thepartitions with the deflectors perforated ad acent the shaft for thepurpose described, and means for disfiharging-water onto the deflectors.

15. nation of a chamber having a gas inlet at its lower end and agas'outlet at its upper end, downwardly dished centrally open par-titions within the chamber and spaced apart one above the other, adownwardly dished rotatable deflector beneath each partition with the.dished formation of the deflector embracin the dished formation of thepartition, an water supplying means.

4 16. 'In gas cleanin apparatus, the combination of achamber avinga gasinlet at its gas cleaning apparatus, the combilower end and a gas outletat its upper end, rotatable downwardly dished deflectors spaced apartone above the other within the chamber, centrally open downwardl dishedpartitions within the chamber an spaced apart vertically with eachpartition located immediately above and depending into a disheddeflector, and water supplying means.

17. In gas cleaning a aratus, the combination of achamber having a gasinlet at its lower end and a spaced apart one above the other Within thec amber, centrally-opendownward] dished partitions within the chamberand spaced apart vertically with each-partition located immediatelyabove and depending. into a dished deflector, and means for directing aspray of water from the under surface of each partition-onto the topsurface of the degas outlet at its upper end, "rotatable downwardlydished deflectors flector which rotates immediately thereb neath. v v

18. In gas cleaning apparatus, the combination of a chamber having a gasinlet at its lower end-and a gas outlet at its upper end, downwardlydished centrally open partit1ons spaced apart vertically within thechamber, a shaft extending through the partition openings, shaftrotating means, down- Wardly dished deflectors secured to the shaftone'immediately beneath and embracing the dished portion of each artition,the lowermost portion. of each de ector being open vertically to providedrainage, and water supplying means.

' In testimony whereof I afiix in presence of twowitnesses. Y NICHOLASF. EGLER. Witnesses:

F. E. Gama, J.-M;.NnsnIT.

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